The Cave

So, I bought this game, TWO COPIES, seeing that it had "local coop", only to find that by LOCAL it means, having two people play at the same station, not on a local area network. I am frustrated as hell and supremely irritated at steam.

I've never associated local coop with LAN, but I can see how some people might interpret it differently. In the future, use the Co-Optimus website for more details on coop games. They're usually accurate and break out LAN play as a separate feature from local coop: http://www.co-optimus.com/game/2630/pc/the-cave.html

Valve doesn't need to accomodate for this because there hasn't been any miscommunication. They can't help this kind of stupidity and you shouldn't expect it from them.

You're responsible for your own mistakes, which this obviously was.

Valve is actually very accomodating when it comes to a game you have the system specs for but it doesn't run. Many people I know have never had trouble getting refunds for that.I guess it also depends on how you approach them.

So, I bought this game, TWO COPIES, seeing that it had "local coop", only to find that by LOCAL it means, having two people play at the same station, not on a local area network. I am frustrated as hell and supremely irritated at steam.

Raise a ticket and speak to steam support.

If you haven't played a signficant amount of time on one of the copies (or better yet, haven't played it at all) you may find them sympathetic to your story and willing to refund.